Design trends divide into two families: those born from how people actually use screens, and those born from designers being bored. The first family survives. Here’s how to tell them apart in 2026.

Staying: dark interfaces done properly

Dark mode stopped being an aesthetic statement and became an expectation — phones default to it after sunset. Surviving versions are designed dark from the start, with contrast that keeps text readable; failed ones are light sites with the colours inverted. We designed ProMenu.cz dark-first because menus are read in dim restaurants — the trend followed the use case, not the other way round.

Staying: type as the design

Oversized, confident typography works because it loads instantly and reads on every screen. When the headline is the hero, there’s nothing to wait for.

Staying: motion with a job

Micro-animations that confirm actions — a button acknowledging a tap, a menu unfolding — make interfaces feel alive. Motion that merely decorates now reads as noise, and users scroll straight past it.

Dying: carousels and sliders

The data has been unkind for years: almost nobody clicks past the first slide, and rotating heroes bury the message someone paid to show. One strong message beats five rotating ones.

Dying: the AI-generated everything look

Generic AI illustration became wallpaper in a single year. Real photography of real rooms, food and people — the thing your competitor can’t generate — is the new differentiator, which suits Prague businesses fine.

The permanent trend

Speed. Every surviving trend loads fast; every dying one loads slow. If a redesign is on your mind, start from the fundamentals — we’ll tell you which trends fit your customers, not just this year’s portfolio.

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